182 PASTORAL DOGS, ETC. 
wavy-coated kind, to distinguish him from the curly-coated cross 
with the water-spaniel. Many of these retrievers are imported 
direct from Newfoundland to Hull and other ports trading with 
that island ; others are bred in this country from imported parents, — 
but most breeders prefer to cross them for the sake of improving 
the nose. There is not the same grand size and nobility of 
deportment as in the large breed, very few standing more than 22 
or 23 inches high; nor is there the same mental development, as 
The St. John’s or Labrador. 
indicated by the head, which is not so massive in proportion to 
the body. The colour is always black without white, and Mr. 
Bond Moore, who is considered to be the highest authority on the 
breed, would disqualify a dog for a white toe or white spot of the 
smallest kind on the breast or forehead. This is very absurd in 
a dog intended for use. Fancy dogs may be measured by any: 
rule, however artificial, but a shooting dog should only be judged 
by points which are relevant to his work, 
